Billiumss Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I would like to have the ability to turn on a remote computer in my house thats on the same network. How does Wake on Lan really work? How do you set it up? Do I need a program? I plan on building a new computer soon and want to do Wake on Lan, basically the new computer will just be for back up of pics, music and videos so I can access it as needed and not be on 24/7. Has anyone on here done this before? Also for shut down, do I just use remote assistance or something else? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 To do WOL, you need a network card that is capable of it, and a motherboard BIOS that is also able to accept that event. You'll need to get a separate program on the remote computer to send a "magic packet" to the computer that's turned off. To turn the other one off, your best bet is probably just to use the power management built into whatever OS you have to send it into either standby/sleep/off mode (as appropriate) after n minutes of inactivity. Keep in mind that since you're never going to be using the keyboard/mouse, that inactivity timer will always be running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Figure out if your motherboard supports WOL if it has internal network card. If you are using an expansion NIC that supports WOL I think you need to hook up a wire to the mobo if I remember correctly. WOL works with any application on any platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRN96WS6 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I just did this in 5 mins on my desktop in my office so I can now turn it on from my laptop sitting on my couch I used this program to turn it on after I enabled the WOL in BIOS and inside the OS on the specific network adapter. http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-gui.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I'm wondering why I haven't set this up for my HTPC for when I want to move files to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Just buy an old piece of shit hp with ilo, a dell w drac or an ibm w baseboard manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I'm wondering why I haven't set this up for my HTPC for when I want to move files to it... Because while it sounds like a great idea, the novelty wears off quickly since you generally have to manually turn the thing off anyways (or deal with it shutting down due to inactivity at inopportune moments). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 The biggest issue with WOL is getting the magic packet through your router to the proper PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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